To teach young people, including individuals who are in college; high school; middle school and elementary school, how to vote. The teaching methods may include but not be limited to the use of various mechanical tabulating devices and/or electronic tabulating devices and/or computer aided tabulating devices. Such tabulating devices would include but not be limited to voting machines. The teaching process may also include sponsoring elections to elect individuals as representatives to public and private entities. Voting may also be used to ascertain opinions of individuals on a variety of different issues and subjects.